Consumer prices increased slowly during the past five years, up 8.2% from 2008 to 2013, according to the Labor Department. That’s an average gain of less than 2% per year. (By comparison prices rose 17% from 2003 to 2008.)

But bacon prices haven’t been held back by a weak economic recovery. The price for America’s favorite cured meat increased at more than three-times the rate of inflation since 2008. Users of peanut butter, tobacco and college text books may also have a hard time believing inflation is mild.

Tomato-loving couch potatoes, however, have little to complain about. Prices for furniture, televisions, tomatoes and even potatoes have declined in the past five years.

Below see a sortable list of price changes since 2008 and share of consumers’ budgets for more than 300 products, but first some highlights:

Rising Prices:

Cigarettes and tobacco increased in price more than any other product during the past five years, up almost 50%. The story is mostly taxes. The Labor Department measures the price consumers pay out of pocket, tax included. Federal tobacco taxes increased by 62 cents to $1.01 per pack of cigarettes in 2009. So-called sin taxes were also popular among state legislatures desperate for revenue following the financial crisis. Fifteen states increased cigarette taxes in 2009 and another 13 state-level increases were implemented over the following four years, according to the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.

Long-distancecalls on land lines became more expensive, up 44.5%. But tracking the data likely became difficult during the five-year time frame because mobile phones, which typically don’t charge separate prices for local and long-distance calls, became even more prevalent.

Peanut butter prices accelerated faster than any other food item, jumping in price by 36.8% during the five-year period. The culprit was likely consecutive years of poor crops in 2010 and 2011 due to drought conditions in Georgia and other peanut-producing states, said Patrick Archer, president of the American Peanut Council.

Bacon prices were sizzling in recent years, climbing almost 30% since 2008. That’s the most of any meat. ConvergEx Group, whose research note last week inspired this post, said “a mysterious virus” called Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea began killing mass numbers of piglets in April of last year. The result was raising prices for pork products. Perhaps that’s why Olympic snowboarder Sage Kotsenburg received a meat medal made of turkey bacon.

Falling prices:

Television prices fell the most of any product, down 67% the past five years, according to the Labor Department. The big drop highlights that consumer price data sometimes struggles to keep up with changing tastes. While a comparable 32-inch TV is certainty cheaper today than in 2008, Americans aren’t necessarily spending less. Instead, a 2012 study by IHS Technology found consumers were opting for larger screens with more features.

Computers prices, down 40%, similarly are skewed by the declining popularity of traditional desktops and laptops in favor of tablets. The Labor Department doesn’t (yet) have an iPad category.

Gas utility service prices fell almost 30%, and you can thank your local fracker. U.S. natural gas production has increased more than 20% over the past five years, according to the Energy Information Administration. Tapping into shale gas reserves is the primary driver. And increased supply puts downward pressure on prices.

Tomatoes are one of the few food items to significantly decrease in price, down 4.4%. Warm temperatures in recent years that challenged other crops were welcomed by the sun-seeking fruit. “Warm weather and good growing conditions across North American production regions produced large supplies of high-quality fresh tomatoes,” the Department of Agriculture said. That supply kept prices in check.

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